Thought for the day The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
The ROOTS (or solutions) of a polynomial are its x- intercepts Recall: The x- intercepts occur where y = 0 ROOTS
Example: Find the roots: Solution: Factoring: The roots are:
But what about NASTY trinomials that don’t factor? After centuries of work, mathematicians realized that as long as you know the coefficients, you can find the roots of the quadratic. Even if it doesn’t factor!!!! This is done using the Quadratic Formula
“x equals negative b plus or minus the square root of b squared minus four a-c all over two a!!!” tch?v=pBKgCx_Q0hY&feat ure=related
Example 1 Use the quadratic formula to solve the equation : x 2 + 5x + 6= 0 Solution: x 2 + 5x + 6= 0 a = 1 b = 5 c = 6 x = - 2 or x = - 3 These are the roots of the equation.
x 2 + 5x + 6 = 0 x = - 2 or x = - 3
SUMMARY OF SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
Discriminant: How many Solutions Are There?
Solutions of a Quadratic Equation
Let where a ≠ 0. ▫ If, then the quadratic equation has 2 distinct real solutions ▫ If, then the equation has 1 real solution, a double root ▫ If, then the equation has 0 real solutions
EXAMPLES: Find the discriminant for each equation. Then determine the number of real solutions for each equation by using the discriminant.